Combined toy and container.



W. M. DECKER.

COMBINED TOY AND CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I. 1916.

Patented Mar. 26,1918.

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WILLIAM MORE DECKER, OIE BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

COMBINED TOY AND CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918..

Application filed December 1, 1916. Serial No. 134,268.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM 'MoRE DECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Toys and Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a box or container for powdered talc and similar goods, and more particularly to a receptacle of this kind which, after being emptied, will serve as a toy for the amusement and education of children.

The body of the container is in the form of an animal or other appropriate figure which is usually formed in two sections meeting in a longitudinal joint molded of a composition or material similar to papier mach. This material is desirable because it is light, inexpensive and easily moldable to produce artistic and attractive figures, but owing to the nature of its surface it is unsatisfactory and impractical for receiving printed matter, such as the name, address and trade-mark of the manufacturer. This material also does not permit as tight and reliable a fit of the cover in the fillingopening as a receptacle having a metallic body.

The principal object of my invention is to strengthen the base-portion of the sectional container by a simple and inexpensive reinforcement which at the same time forms a neat finish for the same and affords a smooth and satisfactory impression-surface for printed matter.

Another object is to provide the c0ntainer with a bottom which insures a secure fit of the cover.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the container. Fig. 2is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 33, Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The container comprises a hollow base or pedestal 1 surmounted by a hollow figure 2, representing an animal, as shown, or any other object which is amusing or attractive to children. The base may be circular, as shown, or square, oval or of any other appropriate form. The body of the container may be constructed of any suitable material, but it is preferably molded of papier mach in two sections meeting in a longitudinal joint 3 located at the sides of the figure. These sections are glued or otherwise united.

Tightly encircling the base portions of the sections is a comparatively broad reinforcing band 4 whose ends are interlocked, as shown at 5, or secured together by other suitable means. Applied to the bottom of the base is a metallic plate 6 having a depending marginal rim 7 which is secured to the lower edge of the band i by a seam or lock-joint 8. This place contains a central filling-opening which coincides with a similar aperture 9 in the bottom of the container-body and receives a suitable cover 10. This cover may be simply pressed into the opening of the bottom-plate, and in order to furnish an extensive frictional holding surface for this purpose, said opening is bounded by an inwardly-extending rim or flange 11.

- At a suitable place, preferably in the back of its head, the container has a sprinkler cap or plate 12 of any suitable construction.

The reinforcing band t serves not only to firmly tie the body-sections together at the base and to strengthen the latter, but also furnishes a smooth printing surface for receiving the name, address and trade-mark of the manufacturer or other matter. At the same time, the band gives the base of the figure a neat and finished appearance.

I claim as my invention:

A combined toy and receptacle comprising a base-portion and a figure surmounting the same, the hollow body of the receptacle being composed of sections meeting in a longitudinal joint, a smooth-faced metallic reinforcing band embracing the base-portions of said sections, and a bottom-plate seamed to the lower edge of said base.

WILLIAM MORE DECKER.

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